I also considered going through ORD when the oil leak was discovered on our flight, but decided to stick to it because of all I've heard about ORD delays. Doh...

My girlfriend was on a WN flight that left at 4:55, and they took off as we were taxiing back for fuel.

I was a bit confused because while the captain said we were number one for departure at the time, tower told the aircraft AHEAD of us that they can't leave because ATC shut down flights to the west, and said it applied to all others waiting. We called ground for re-routing, got it, but it took UA dispatch too long to get back, so we were sent to the end of the line, at which point we used up too much fuel.

Did you happen to hang out at the RCC before the flight? Did I meet you and not know it?